Learning The Famous Alexander Technique

By Enid Hinton


Most people today are so stressed because of the past paced lifestyle of the society today which is why many people seek ways on how to relieve this tension. One of the best methods in which one can relieve some of his tension would from the very famous alexander technique. It is one of the most effective techniques when it comes to calming both the body and the mind.

Now Frederick Matthias Alexander, who at that time was a known Australian actor, was the one who first discovered this method. He was actually a laryngitis patient who could not find any cure because medical facilities were not very advanced at that time. He somehow found out that the problem that was causing his laryngitis was neck tension which he was eventually able to cure with some simple exercises.

Now the whole concept behind this method is that habitual movements are what causes tightening. Whenever the body moves a certain way, certain muscles tighten. Of course when the muscles would tighten, then one would feel tension.

Now when one would enroll in a class, the teacher will first check out the condition of his body. Of course before any exercises, teachers must know the body type of their students to see what is suitable. The teachers will then be advising their students while letting them do the exercises.

Now just so one would know, this is not a painful exercise and is not at all strenuous to the body. In fact, it is actually quite relaxing as it would only involve short and relaxing movements that one would be doing in his everyday life. This is actually unlike any other type of exercise wherein one would have to make a lot of movements and where he would have to sweat a lot.

Now some of the things that one will be doing would be walking, running, sitting down, standing up, or any other body movements that he does normally. While he does this, the teachers will be checking his body to see if there are some body parts tightening anywhere. If there are, then the teachers will be advising the students as to what they can do and what changes they are supposed to make with their body movements.

Some of the benefits that one can gain from learning this technique would be first less body pains. If one is prone to such body pains such as backaches, sore necks, or any other type of muscle pain, then this method can actually do wonders for him as it would help lessen these pains. Another thing that this method does is lessen stress in the body which means that after doing some exercises, one will actually feel less stressed.

So for those who would often have body aches, this method is definitely very helpful. The great thing about it is that this method is getting very popular in America. It is in fact very popular in NYC because there are so many people with high levels of stress there.




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